The 129th International Labour Day is being marked across the globe on Tuesday.

During the occasion, President Bidya Devi Bhandari has wished for happiness, peace, prosperity and guarantee of labour rights to Nepalis living at home and abroad on the occasion of the International Labour Day.

In a message today, President Bhandari has recalled the crucial contributions of the working class for the establishment of the Federal Democratic Republic in Nepal and added that the labourers would benefit from the constitutional provision of making the socialism-oriented economy.

President Bhandari has also expressed the confidence that the International Labour Day would unite all working class people across the world in a thread of unity to ensure their rights and independence.

Likewise, Bhandari has wished for a favorable working environment to all Nepali workers at home and abroad, justifiable remuneration and social security and all other rights for the workers for the establishment of the appropriate industrial relations.

A meeting of the labour organizations and labour leaders of the world held at Paris of France in 1889 took the decision to mark the World Labour Day across the globe every year. With this decision, May 1 has been celebrated as the World Labour Day since 1890.

Taking the May Day as a festival, workers celebrate this day with several programmes to pile pressure on the government and employers to have their rights guaranteed.

In Nepal also, various trade union organizations are making preparations for celebrating the Day by organizing different programmes on the occasion. Nepal has marked the celebration of the Day with the Workers Movement (Majdoor Andolan) held at Biratnagar in 2007 BS, some 68 years ago.

Nepal government began granting public holiday on the day following the political change in 1990. RSS